Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men or the other cast of X-Men Evolution. I do own Raven, Rachel, Twinkle and Lightning.
Reviews:
To kyo-kitty: Thank you very much. Yes and Jean probably looks awful too. Just for fun. She's probably hating this part very much.
To Cat2Fat900: Wasn't it? I thought it went very well. We should really work on Oops. . . I didn't eat them all at once, silly. Just a nice blast of energy every now and again.
To Crash Slayer: Silly girl. Lol. No, a lute is a prehistoric version of a guitar. Well, since I put in the part about him having a shock device in his costume, I had to use it. I actually don't know what a farthing is. It's a British coin of some sort. Remy's older, as a bigger head. I thought you'd like that part. Lol.
To el diablo: Thank you very much. Kurt didn't get hurt, well, too much. I like Kurt too much to let him get hurt badly. You have no idea. They don't often team up, but when they do. . . check out KnK's review response for the answer to (1).
To Nightshade-89: Thank you. I've never seen Chicago. Glad your hand is better :)
To Tigerlilly1234 and Rogue Gal: Thank you very much.
To Kouchen no Kouken: Ha! You are wrong. . . but on the right track. It was a book called "Honey Bear's Birthday." Inside the book is a song that starts off, "Does anyone know it's Honey Bear's birthday?" So I put Bobby Bunny in place of Honey Bear. Lol. I like that, Ravning. Hmm, I might use that in the future. Lol. I'm sorry you don't enjoy them. They're meant as a special treat for my more faithful readers. I'm glad you find them more realistic in this one :) I'll be sure to put Rogue and Remy in more scene endings. Lol. I see you are right about his last name. Hmm. . . I've seen it written both ways (check out his profile in Beyond Evolution http/ x-men. toonzone. net/ 20040101news. php (without the spaces). They have it written both ways in the same profile.) Too late to change it now, but in the next story, I'll write it LeBeau. I always want to write it that way anyway. Same in my other story, sequel will get it right.
Remy Hood
Scene 4: Lost Arrow
Remy is smiling until he sees Raven and Lightning walking in hand in hand. Then, he smile turns quickly into a frown, "Remy t'ought you two were fighting."
"Oh, that was yesterday," Raven says lightly, knowing it will annoy him.
The Cajun thief frowns deeper.
"What's the matter, Cajun? Jealous?" Rogue says, with raised eye brows. She is clearly enjoying his discomfort.
"You know Remy ain't jealous of t'at boy. He just don't don't like him."
"Well, Ah t'ink you're overreacting. Besides, Raven can clearly take care of herself." Rogue grins at him slyly. "She must take after me." Then, before he can answer, she runs into her dressing room.
Raven is also enjoying her father's discomfort as she gently places a kiss on Lightning's cheek. "He'll get over it."
"Uh huh, like he did in our dimension?" Lightning says sarcastically.
"Well, uh, well. . . . why don't we just start the play?" Raven says, quickly changing the subject.
"Ah can't believe this!" Rogue shouts as she steps out in her costume. "Pink and purple? Pink and purple? Why does Jean get ta wear black?"
"But, chere, you look tres magnifique in t'ose colors."
Raven rolls her eyes, "Places! Lights! Camera! Action!"
Bobby, Jubilee, Amara, and Evan all run down a road surrounded by buildings until they reach a clearing. Bobby stops and readies his new bow and arrow. Evan is wearing a green turtleneck and matching green pants, plus a pair of ridiculous glasses and a very stupid-looking brown hat. He hates his outfit. "Gee, did Remy Hood really give it to you?" he asks without enthusiasm.
"Yeah," Bobby says, trying not to laugh at Evan's outfit. "and this is his own hat, too."
"Gee, I'd sure like to shoot your bow and arrow," Evan sighs and then adds under his breath, "right into Raven's head."
Three people hear his comment, among them, Wolverine and Sabretooth rather agree with him. Lightning on the other hand is furious and zaps Evan with a bolt of electricity from his hands. "Didn't know I could do that, did ya?" He laughs. Raven gives him an odd look. "What? He said something I didn't like."
"Can we get on with this?" Raven growls.
"How did he do that?" Tabitha asks.
"How'd you think he got the name Lightning anyway?" Raven says, annoyed, shaking her head. "The play?"
"Let me try it, Bobby!" Amara says holding her hand out.
"Oh, no you don't! I'm gonna shoot it first!" Bobby says holding the bow up recklessly.
"You're pointing it too high!" Jubilee warns.
"I'm not either. Watch this." Bobby says, lowering the arrow anyway and then shooting it. The arrow flies high in the air, right beyond the walls of a castle. The four "kids" watch this all in shock.
"Uh-oh. Now you've done it." Evan says, still without enthusiasm.
Jubilee has her hands on her face, "Right into Prince John's backyard."
Bobby takes on a determined look and starts running towards the castle. The others follow quickly. They reach a gate and it looks as if Bobby is about to go in. "Bobby, you can't go in there," Amara pleads.
"Yeah, Prince John will chop off your head." Evan points at Bobby's head. He hides as much of his head as he can fit in his turtleneck and says, "like this."
"Oh, I don't care. I gotta get my arrow." And Bobby tries to climb through the gate. The hole is much too small so he freezes the gate and breaks the bars. Then slides right through.
"Wait a minute," Jubilee says. "Evan might tattle on you."
"Yeah, Evan," Bobby says as Evan pokes his head all the way out of the sweater. "You got to take the oath."
"An oath?" Evan asks.
"Put your hand on your heart and cross your eyes." Amara says, mimicking her words with her actions. Jubilee, Evan and Bobby follow suit.
"Spiders, snakes and a lizard head." Bobby says.
"Spiders, snakes and a lizard head." Evan repeats.
Bobby then gets into his face and says, "If I tattletale, I'll die till I'm dead."
Evan backs up, but repeats, "If I tattletale, I'll die till I'm dead." Then he tries to look confident.
Bobby climbs through the fence again. Jubilee, Evan and Amara watch anxiously on the other side. Bobby walks along apprehensively. He stops when he hears the sound on to women laughing.
"It's, like, your turn to serve, Anna dear." Kitty's voice is heard off stage.
"Are ya ready, Lady Katherine?" Rogue's voice asks, also off stage.
"Oh, as, like, your lady-in-waiting, I'm, like totally, waiting." Kitty says, dressed as a higher servant in light blue. She bows gracefully to Rogue. She is holding a racket and standing in front of a crudely made net. Both girls laugh. Rogue serves the birdie and Kitty hits it. Rogue is wearing a pink and purple outfit with a big hat and matching gloves. She hits the birdie easily back to Kitty. Bobby watches all of the from the bushes as they continue their game of badmitten. Then, he sees his arrow stuck in the ground behind the court. "I'm, like, getting too old for this."
"Kitty, that was a good shot."
"You're, like, not bad yourself, dear. Oh, like, my girdle's, like totally, killing me." She groans and then laughs. Rogue hits the birdie high up in the air. It falls, down, down until it lands inside Kitty's dress. She gasps and looks down her dress and then quickly covers up and starts shaking her dress.
"Where is it? Did ya lose it?" Rogue asks.
"Oh, it, like, must be in there somewhere," she says as she starts jumping up and down while still shaking her dress. "This is, like, so embarrassing."
"Stick to the script, Kitty." Lightning calls.
"Oh, Kitty, ya look so silly." Rogue says while glaring fiercely at Lightning. She giggles. "Oh look. There it is behind ya." The birdie happens to land next to Bobby's arrow. Bobby reaches it, just as Rogue reaches for the birdie. "Oh!" she says started. "Well, hello. Where did you come from?"
Bobby's eye grow huge, "Oh, please don't tell Prince John!" he begs. His hat falls over his eyes. He lifts it back up. "Mama says he'll chop off my head."
"Oh, don't be afraid. You've done nothing wrong." Rogue says.
"Oh, Anna, what a bonny wee boy. Is bonny a real word?" Kitty says.
"Yes!" Lightning and Raven yell at the same time. Scott cringes in the corner.
Rogue looks as if she's in deep thought. "Now, who does this young archer remind ya of?"
Kitty looks closely. "Oh, like, upon my word, the notorious Remy Hood." She gasps.
Rogue nods, while Bobby looks proud. "That's right. Only Remy Hood wears a hat like that."
"Yeah," Bobby says, "and look at this keen Remy Hood bow. What kind of word is keen?"
"Back to the script." Raven groans.
He pulls the bow back and Amara sneezes, drawing the ladies attention to the gate. Kitty smiles, "Oh, Anna, don't look around, but I, like, do believe we're, like, surrounded. Oh, mercy!"
"He snitched on us!" Jubilee says in disgust.
"It's alright, children," Rogue says, enjoying being able to boss them around. "Don't be afraid. Please come here."
"Do you think it's safe?" questions Evan.
"That's Maid Anna." Amara says.
"Mama says she's awful nice. Come on!" Jubilee says. They climb through Bobby's ice-induced hole and hurry over to Rogue and Kitty.
Amara goes slower than the others, "Hey you guys, not so fast. Wait for me!"
Jubilee scratches her leg, "I told Bobby he was shooting too high."
Rogue smiles at them, "Ah'm so very glad he did. Now, Ah get ta meet all y'all."
Evan blushes, by remembering the time Pietro caught him in his underwear, and waves at her.
"Gee, you're very beautiful." Amara says, hanging on to Jubilee's much too short skirt.
"Are you gonna marry Remy Hood?" asks Jubilee. Everyone in the studio laughs, except for Raven of course. Rogue blushes horribly and glances at a smirking Remy who is watching off stage.
"Mama said you and Remy Hood are sweethearts." Amara says, grinning evilly at Rogue.
"Well, uh. . ." Rogue says truly dumbfounded. "Ya see, that was several years ago before Ah left for London."
"Did he ever kiss you?" Evan asks, enjoying Rogue's embarrassment.
"Well, uh, no."
"Not for lack of trying t'ough, ey cherie?" Remy grins.
Rogue, Raven and Lightning all glare at him.
"But he carved our initials on this tree." Rogue says walking over to a tree. On the tree, are the initials R.H plus M. A. all surrounded by a heart. The kids all gather around it. "Ah remember it so well." Rogue says wistfully.
"You gonna have any kids?" Bobby asks, grinning at first her, then Raven.
"What kind of question is that!" Rogue shouts.
"Hey, it was in the script." Bobby says, backing away from her. "My mom gots a lot of kids." In the background, several people snicker at Jean.
"Oh, he's probably forgotten all about me. At least Ah wish he would." The last part, Rogue mutters under her breath.
"Oh, not Remy Hood." Bobby says, pulling out a wooden sword.
"Unfortunately." Rogue mutters.
"I bet he'll storm the castle gates, fight the guards," During this he is banging the sword against Evan's stomach. Evan is restraining the desire to punch him and backing off instead. "rescue ya and drag you off to Sherwood Forest."
"Just a minute there, like, young man." Kitty says in a deep voice, "You've, like, forgotten Prince John."
Bobby waves his hand at her, "That old Prince John don't scare me none."
I'm scared of Prince John. He's cranky." Evan says, though no one listens.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah," says Kitty, pulling out her badmitten racket backwards. "I, Prince John, like, challenge you to, like, a duel. Hey, hey." She comes after Bobby. "Take that! And that! And, like, this!"
"Death to tyrants!" Bobby shouts and comes back at her.
"Och! Och! Och!" Kitty screams, picking up her dress and running away.
"Slice him to pieces," Jubilee shouts.
They run around Rogue who says, "Oh, save me, my hero, save me."
Kitty stick out her leg and Bobby hits it with his wooden sword."Oh, ouch! That's so not fair! Mommy!" she cries and sticks one hand up to her ear and the other in her mouth, pretending to suck on her thumb.
"That's Prince John, all right!" Jubilee says, laughing and pointing at Kitty.
:"Yahoo! Now I got ya!" yells Bobby. He comes at Kitty with his play sword.
She cries out, "Och! Mercy! Mercy! Oh!" She grabs the sword and sticks it under her arm. Then, she pretends to die a very dramatic death. "Oh, he got me! I'm, like, totally dying. Oh!"
"Did I hurt you? Huh?" Bobby asks, a little worried.
Kitty opens her eyes, "No. This is the part where you drag your lady fair off to Sherwood Forest."
He skips over to Rogue and grabs her gloved hand, "Come on, lady fair! Let's go!"
"Oh, Remy, you're so brave and impetuous." Rogue says as she follows Bobby.
"Merci, chere." Remy says laughing off stage.
"Don't get too cocky, Swamp Rat, it was in the script!" Rogue calls. Bobby drags her into a bush. "Oh, so this is Sherwood Forest." She kneels down on her knees.
Bobby looks around. "Yeah, I guess so. Well, now what are we gonna do?" he asks, sitting down and putting his arms around his knees.
"Well, usually the hero gives his lady fair a kiss." Rogue says with an evil glint in her eyes.
"A kiss? Oh that's sissy stuff." Bobby says shaking his head.
"Well if you won't, then Ah will." She grabs him and kisses his cheek, making sure the hat is between their skin, for more than just one reason. First of all, her mutation. Secondly, she doesn't want to kiss Bobby on the cheek. Thirdly, she does not want Remy to see her kiss someone else on the cheek either.
"They're kissing!" says Jubilee, pointing and laughing. Evan and Amara laugh too. Bobby wipes the kiss off his cheek with his fist. By this time, Jubilee, Amara, and Evan are rolling around on the ground with laughter.
"And cut!" Raven calls. The kids are still laughing.
"Well, it was better." Lightning says.
"Which play were you watching?" Raven says.
"Hey, we did the best we could with what we had ta work with!" Rogue calls.
"Remy sure ya could have done better if he was acting up there with ya." Remy says, sliding up to her.
Rogue groans. "Lay off it, would ya?" She heads to her dressing room, eager to take off the much hated costume.
"You sure you don't want Remy to help you take it off?" he grins.
This earns him a slap and a slammed door in his face. Though, behind the slammed door, Rogue giggles and blushes.
Raven almost laughs at this and Lightning looks at her in shock. "Something funny?"
"Nothing at all." She says, trying not to smile.
Piotr has come up to Kitty and placed his arm around her. "You did very well, pretty Kitty."
"Hey! That's my line!" Lance calls, absolutely outraged.
"Shut up, Lance!" Kitty says, "Thank you, my dear Piotr." she says dreamily. They walk off into a beautiful sunset, before returning when they remember Kitty forgot to change into normal clothes.
"Okay. . ." Raven and Lightning both say as they turn to leave.
"No more synchronized sentences . . . no more synchronized sentences. . . no more synchronized sentences" Scott is heard muttering behind a table where he is rocking himself. Even Jean is starting to get a little scared of his phobia.
And we will leave him there.
Kurt: Hey! I vasn't even in this chapter at all!
Well, now you are.
A/N: Sorry this took so long. I've had a bit of a crisis with my son. But everything's okay now. The major change that this caused was bringing my husband back from Texas where he's been working for several months. This is wonderful for me, but I'll have a lot less time to write. So, I'll keep up writing this, cause it's fun, but expect less frequent updates.
Next time, Rogue and Remy declare their undying love, just not to each other. . .